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Author Wilkinson-Ryan, Tess, author.

Title Fool proof : how fear of playing the sucker shapes our selves and the social order-and what we can do about it / Tess Wilkinson-Ryan.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
©2023.

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  302.13 WILKINSON-RYAN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 279 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-268) and index.
Summary "Moral psychologist Tess Wilkinson-Ryan examines what she calls the 'sucker construct,' the fear of being taken advantage of--of being a sucker--and its outsized role in the shaping of our lives and our world"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Introduction -- The fear -- Weaponization -- Flight -- Fight -- Racial and ethnic stereotyping -- Sexism and suckerdom -- The cool-out -- Mothersucker -- The sucker and the self -- Conclusion.
Subject Social pressure.
Social influence.
Influence (Psychology)
Social choice.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Social influence. (OCoLC)fst01122536
Social pressure. (OCoLC)fst01122777
Added Title How fear of playing the sucker shapes our selves and the social order-and what we can do about it
Other Form: Online version: Wilkinson-Ryan, Tess. Fool proof First edition New York : Harper Wave, 2023 9780063214286 (DLC) 2022038353
ISBN 9780063214262 (hardcover)
0063214261 (hardcover)
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